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Hace 4 días · Annotation. In a 1960 letter, fourth national president of the National Council of Negro Women Dorothy Height reports back to the Council on her trip to Sierra Leone. She served as both participant and facilitator in what she described as the first meeting of West African women including Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia.
Hace 3 días · Dorothy Irene Height: Rho 1947–1956. Height was the longest-serving National President of both Delta Sigma Theta and the National Council of Negro Women, where she served from 1957 to 1997. She is one of the most preeminent civil rights leaders in the country.
Hace 3 días · 01. Born in 1912: Dorothy Height was born on March 24, 1912, in Richmond, Virginia. She grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania. 02. Early Activism: Height began her activism in high school, fighting against lynching and racial discrimination. 03. Scholarship Winner: She won a scholarship to Barnard College but was denied entry due to a racial quota.
Hace 5 días · Using rejection to promote equality. Dorothy Height’s path to becoming a prominent social activist began with unchangeable hardship of being a African American woman. With her initial admittance to Barnard College in 1929, Ms. Height was rejected being told that “the quota for black students had been fulfilled.”.
Hace 2 días · Dorothy Height. Nelson Mandela. Betty Friedan. Frank Kameny. Elie Wiesel. Desmond Tutu. James Bevel. George Mason. Civil rights leaders are influential figures in the promotion and implementation of political freedom and the expansion of personal civil liberties and rights.
Hace 4 días · Jane Addams. Known as the mother of social work, Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, and author. She co-founded Chicago's Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses. Nobel Peace Prize: 1931. Co-founded: Hull House.
Hace 2 días · Two other important leaders, Dorothy Height—who worked to help improve opportunities for African-American women—and activist Dolores Huerta—who lobbied on behalf of migrant farmers and eventually founded the United Farm Workers of America—were also essential in promoting social justice and fair labor standards.
